Pepperdine Law professor James A. Gash named president of university
PEPPERDINE — James A. Gash, associate dean for strategic planning and external relations and professor of law at the Pepperdine School of Law, has been named the eighth president and CEO of Pepperdine University. Gash is a renowned education administrator, legal scholar, global justice advocate, and attorney.
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BISMARCK TRIBUNE — Although an external search for a new University of North Dakota School of Law dean was not successful, faculty, staff and students say an internal candidate could end up being a better option in the long run.
Read More about University of North Dakota Law looks internally for new deanDmitry Bam to serve as interim dean of University of Maine Law
PRESS HERALD — The University of Maine system has selected the associate dean of its law school to serve as interim dean. Dmitry Bam, the University of Maine School of Law’s associate dean, will begin his new position on July 1.
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COLUMBIA LAW — By his social media feeds, you shall know him. Jedediah “Jed” Purdy, who joined the Columbia Law faculty in January as a professor of law after 15 years at Duke Law School, shares a steady stream of posts on multiple channels about his professional activities, political views, and personal passions.
Read More about A scholar of environmental politics joins Columbia Law facultyBlake Morant to step down as Dean of George Washington Law at the end of the academic year
GW HATCHET — The dean of the law school will step down at the end of the academic year, according to a University release Monday. Blake Morant, who began his tenure at the head of the law school in 2014, will return to the University as a faculty member after he goes on sabbatical
Read More about Blake Morant to step down as Dean of George Washington Law at the end of the academic yearChris Guthrie reappointed as dean of Vanderbilt Law
VANDERBILT NEWS — Chris Guthrie has been reappointed to a five-year term as dean of the Vanderbilt Law School. He will begin his third term on July 1, 2019, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Susan R. Wente announced today.
Read More about Chris Guthrie reappointed as dean of Vanderbilt LawSanta Clara Law Professor Anna Han named interim dean
SANTA CLARA LAW — Anna M. Han, an accomplished professor of international, corporate, and technology law, will assume the deanship of Santa Clara University School of Law on an interim basis June 1.
Read More about Santa Clara Law Professor Anna Han named interim deanMitchell Hamline Dean Mark Gordon to step down in June
MITCHELL HAMLINE — Mitchell Hamline School of Law President and Dean Mark C. Gordon announced that he will be stepping down from the role he has held since 2015, effective June 30, 2019.
Read More about Mitchell Hamline Dean Mark Gordon to step down in JuneUniversity of Maine Law dean Danielle Conway to lead Penn State Dickinson Law
DIVERSE ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION — Retired Lt. Col. Danielle M. Conway, current dean and law professor at the University of Maine School of Law, has been appointed dean of Pennsylvania State University’s Dickinson Law, effective July 1.
Read More about University of Maine Law dean Danielle Conway to lead Penn State Dickinson LawUniversity of the District of Columbia Law names Renee McDonald Hutchins as next dean
DIVERSE ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION — The University of the District of Columbia (UDC) has named public interest lawyer Renée McDonald Hutchins as the next dean of the university’s David A. Clarke School of Law, also known as UDC Law.
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